Two days after he was suspended, Leafs winger Joffrey Lupul says he remains confused over the disciplinary process in the NHL, and that other players have contacted him to express the same feelings.

“I’ve had calls from lots of other players and media … that this doesn’t make sense, so it’s not just me,” Lupul said Saturday as the Leafs prepared to meet the Bruins in the first of a home and home series this weekend.

The Leafs placed winger Leo Komarov on injured reserve (upper body, but suspected to be a hand or arm injury); the club expects Komarov to be sidelined from 7-10 days, but Marlies captain Ryan Hamilton has been recalled to fill in the void on the roster.

Hamilton will play on a line with Mikhail Grabovski and Matt Frattin, but coach Randy Carlyle said the coaching staff pondered having the 30 goal scoring Hamilton (in the AHL) replacing James Van Riemsdyk on the top line with Tyler Bozak and Phil Kessel.

Immediately, that prompted talk that the coach was looking to spark Van Riemsdyk, who has three goals in his last 13 games. But Carlyle said the coaching staff was merely thinking about all possible scenarios in order to put Hamilton in “a place where he can have success.”

Lupul, meanwhile, sat the second of his two game suspension Saturday night and was obviously still frustrated with the process surrounding the sentence he received.

Lupul certainly accepted his sentence and was not criticizing the decision. His confusion was based in how the decision is being made, and the fact the Rangers’ Rick Nash escaped discipline this week for a similar, hit to the head, hit from behind infraction.

“I look at it again and two days after it and I still am not sure what determines a suspension, I’m not sure what the process is,” Lupul said.

“I don’t want to seem like I’m campaigning for Rick Nash to get suspended, he’s a good player and a nice person … I’m just confused as to how I get two games and some others get two games and others get nothing. I look at my criteria and I don’t see how (the decision is arrived at).”

“I’m not saying I don’t deserve any discipline,” Lupul added.

“I’ve owed up to it, it was an illegal check. I just don’t understand the process, and I’m not the only one. People from around the league have been asking me … and there’s confusion out there.”

Lupul tweeted his personal confusion after the suspension and said he’d welcome a discussion with NHL disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan (who is reportedly on holiday at the moment).

“I would … but I don’t know if he would want to talk to me right now,” Lupul said in part to reference his tweet and his personal feelings about the overall direction of Shanahan’s office.

“It’s not just me, I’m not the only one confused. I’m not saying it’s an easy job, it’s just a little frustrating to me right now.”

Lupul said he isn’t expecting any reaction from Shanahan or the NHL over his tweet.

“No … I’m not sure what for, it was just my opinion, I didn’t even mention the NHL, I don’t think (there’s anything serious) there,” he said.

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